NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks116–130Boston Celtics

Milwaukee Bucks at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 18 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 53rd meetingof 283 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	32:00	3–10	2–2	—	—	5	2	1	0	—	2	8
Junior Bridgeman	30:00	11–20	1–1	—	—	3	2	1	0	—	4	23
John Gianelli	28:00	6–9	0–0	—	—	10	3	1	1	—	3	12
Brian Winters	27:00	6–13	5–5	—	—	2	2	0	0	—	2	17
Alex English	24:00	3–11	4–4	—	—	4	1	1	2	—	3	10
Dave Meyers	23:00	3–7	3–4	—	—	3	3	1	0	—	1	9
Lloyd Walton	21:00	6–9	2–2	—	—	4	6	0	0	—	0	14
Ernie Grunfeld	20:00	3–11	1–1	—	—	2	2	1	1	—	0	7
Quinn Buckner	18:00	2–8	0–0	—	—	2	4	1	1	—	3	4
Kent Benson	12:00	3–7	2–2	—	—	4	0	0	1	—	2	8
Jim Eakins	5:00	1–1	2–2	—	—	1	0	0	0	—	0	4
Team totals	240:00	47–106	22–23	—	—	40	25	7	6	—	20	116

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	41:00	11–17	1–2	2	8	10	5	1	0	3	5	23
Sidney Wicks	38:00	14–22	7–7	5	10	15	3	1	0	3	3	35
Jo Jo White	38:00	5–16	9–9	2	5	7	5	3	0	5	4	19
John Havlicek	36:00	7–12	4–5	1	8	9	9	0	1	2	1	18
Curtis Rowe	29:00	6–9	1–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	13
Cedric Maxwell	20:00	3–6	0–0	3	3	6	1	0	1	2	6	6
Kevin Stacom	17:00	6–11	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	12
Don Chaney	12:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	2
Fred Saunders	9:00	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Team totals	240:00	54–101	22–25	13	36	49	29	6	2	21	23	130

This season

Boston Celtics 3, Milwaukee Bucks 1 in NBA 1977-78.

13 Nov 1977Boston Celtics 127–119 Milwaukee Bucks
29 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 124–115 Milwaukee Bucks
18 Jan 1978116–130 this game
8 Apr 1978Milwaukee Bucks 123–111 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 24–21
Boston Celtics: 13–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 149, Milwaukee Bucks 134.

29 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 124–115 Milwaukee Bucks
8 Apr 1978Milwaukee Bucks 123–111 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.